Comparison

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry vs Harbor

On the evidence we track, Harbor leads this comparison with a composite score of 63/100. Scores are only directly comparable because these tools share a category; the full breakdown and every source is below.

Machine formatsJSONMarkdownGraphQLor send Accept: application/json
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry48
Harbor63
Score
Vioscale score
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry48 / 100low · 35%
Harbor63 / 100high · 77%
Pricing
Free tier
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor
Model
Alibaba Cloud Container Registryfreemium
Price level
Alibaba Cloud Container Registrylow
Harborfree
Transparent
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor
Integrations
Count
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor4
Reliability
Status page
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor
Adoption
Dependent repos
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor31
Github stars
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor29,236
Activity
Commits last 30d
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor62
Release
Cadence days
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor2
History
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor20 items
License
Spdx
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Language
Primary
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
HarborGo
Market
Availability
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryAvailable worldwide · HQ CN
Harbor

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for container registries. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Deployment
Hosting
Alibaba Cloud Container RegistryCloud only
HarborSelf-hosted only
Standards
OCI Distribution Spec compliant
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Scope
Artifact types
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Security
Built-in vulnerability scanning
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor
Image signing (Cosign/Notation)
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor
SBOM generation / storage
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Access
Fine-grained RBAC / robot accounts
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Private repositories
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor
Distribution
Geo-replication / mirroring
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Pull-through cache / proxy
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Integration
Native cloud IAM integration
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
Pricing
Pull-rate limits
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-
UX
Web UI / console
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor
Ops
High-availability deployment
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry-
Harbor-

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

Container Registry is Alibaba Cloud's service for containerized image lifecycle management, offering secure image hosting for containers.

Independently observed

Harbor

Leader

Harbor is an open source registry that secures artifacts with policies and role-based access control, ensures images are scanned and free from vulnerabilities, and signs images as trusted.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

Free tier
as of verify ↗

Harbor

Leader
Open source
as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor
CLI
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor
Self-hosted
Alibaba Cloud Container Registry
Harbor

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

Alibaba Cloud Container Registry

Not documented yet.

Harbor

Leader
4 total
  • Trivy
  • Cosign
  • Redis
  • Valkey
Independently observed

Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.